Would a paintball kill a cat?

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Originally Posted by jotay

Well you live in Mass. so you could always dress them up in Yankees uniforms and let the 'Sox fans take care of them.
( just kidding, trying to add a little humor to a bad subject )

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wow... okay i just read this thread and here's my story.

we have outdoor cats. when i moved into this neighbourhood i went to each new neighbour and informed them that i train my cats with water. i use a squirt bottle and i shoot some water at them when they are doing something wrong. like jumping up on the critter cages, counters, table, scratching the furniture (you get the idea).

i suggested to my new neighbours that if my cats come into their yard and they don't want them there... to spray them. it won't take long for my cats to know where they can and cannot go.

this has worked so well that one of my neighbours, who reallllly hates all animals but especially cats said to us, "you can see them... walk the perimeter of my yard like they know if they stay on the property line they won't get sprayed... then never come beyond it" LOL

other neighbours said, "spray them with water? no way... that's horrible" and then a year later complained when my cats were in their yard harrassing the fish in their pond or the birds at their feeder. i again told them... spray them with water (even offered to buy the squirt bottle) - if you are in the yard... take the hose to them. it won't take twice to have them never return.

they did it,... and they've never been back.

it's not about whether they are indoors or outdoors. it's whether or not you take the time to train them... just like you would a dog.

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now one more story:

when we moved in here... the old owner had moved across town (very small town so this is about 8 blocks away) and her cat would come to our house and come in the cat door - come upstairs and pee in our dining room cause he was mad there were new cats in HIS house.

we closed the cat door... got a squirt bottle and when he came into the yard... sprayed him.

he's never been back. took a few times... but he learned.

so.... any cat can learn to stay away using water... cause it's rare to find a cat who liked to get sprayed.

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

I have 3 cats all of which are outside cats at my girlfriend's but people in her neighborhood love cats. Our 3 RARELY poke their heads out from her yard

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amen. Not that I am condoning your neighbors actions but I think in the right neighbor hood there is nothing wrong with one or two outdoor cats.
I have three cats, two of which spend alot of time outdoors. Let me tell you why, neither one will use a cat box and if I were to take them to the shelter they would be put down.

That being said, they are both fixed, can come in and out of the garage as they please, and are loved by my neighbors (two of which have asked us if they were ours because they wanted to adopt them lol)

Now I would be upset by 8 un-fixed cats cats too. I think trapping and taking them to a shelter is probably your best bet. Just make sure the traps are on YOUR property. No one could fault you for taking cats off your own property to the shelter.

Edit: I like her ^^^ idea very much too. Although if the cats are not fixed and probably not current on shots, might be better to get them to the humane society where they will either get better homes or be humanely put down.

Well, I didn't think the topic line was too outrageous.

I don't want to do something that could end up killing them.

I am calling animal control on Monday. 5 of the little ^#%$ were on my back patio tonight. I tried spraying with the bottle I use for the cages. Just got a hiss and arched backs. Only one ran. I had to chase them off the property.

The neighbors who "own" these cats will not bring them into their house. They let them run all over. The sad part is they are only in their yard when the food is out. I talked to my other neighbor on the side of me and he almost hit them backing out of his garage. They were laying in his driveway. He is sick of them as well. Evidently his wife left some clothes in a basket this Summer on the back porch to hang on the clothesline, went inside and talked to someone on the phone. When she came back out, the cats were in the clothes and "marked" their territory on them.

water will work pepper should work too if they are eating thigns but talk to your neijbor or call animal controll. They need to do somthing before the pet explosion reaches the point it had in wisconsin where they leaglized the hunting of feral cats because they had over a millon running rampat in the state.

it wouldn;t kill the cat and it wouldnt seriously injure the cat but it would definitely hurt it

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Originally Posted by rmune0750

it wouldn;t kill the cat and it wouldnt seriously injure the cat but it would definitely hurt it

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People can lose eyes and other things by being hit in bad spots with a paintball gun.... you are telling me losing an eye isn't a serious injury to a cat? What about internal bleeding?

What exactly do you consider a serious injury.. have you ever been hit by a paintball? Ive been hit by one at 50 feet and it broke blood vessels and made a bruise the size of my fist....

I really don't get your response :)

First off of course do not shoot anything at them. Just because the people that own these cats are heartless idiots doesn't give you the right to be one too.

These animals need dealt with so personally I'd take photo's or video of them on your property as evidence, call Animal Control and find out what the law is for your area about the number of pets allowed per property (8 may well exceed that), specific laws about wandering unfixed cats and so forth. If Animal Control will not respond, try a feline rescue or if all else fails send a letter to your neighbour that you will use a live, humane trap if the cats are on your property and turn them over to the proper authority to be dealt with. If none of these cats are being cared for properly, are unfixed and likely have not had any shots, are allowed to breed uncontrolled, are aggressive to humans and all over your property then they are feral and need to be dealt with as such. It is far more humane in the end for them to be put down than live the way they are living.

Do watch yourself that you don't get scratched or bitten. You can get very sick from that sort of thing with a free roaming, unvaccinated cat.

I am shocked this question even needed to be asked.